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Post by bren on Feb 12, 2017 23:35:23 GMT
^ I can only live in hope!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 23:43:53 GMT
But if it's been winning TONYs and Grammys abroad, wouldn't that be an incentive to move it into a playhouse in London like the Noel Coward, Harold Pinter or Duke of Yorks? Not if you can't get the Tony and Grammy-winning cast! Cynthia's doing films for the next year, Danielle's filming Orange is the New Black and Jennifer is doing The Voice, so none of them are available, and Cynthia's said directly that she won't be bringing the show to London. The cast was as much the reason for that show being successful as the show itself, and we've already had the stripped-down version of the show at the Menier, so the cast would be the draw. I agree with the comments earlier in the thread as well about it probably not being as much of a draw to audiences here as American audiences, where it really resonates. I don't want to put a downer on it (especially as I missed the Menier production and only got to see it once on Broadway!), I'm just being realistic based on what I know certain cast members have said! |
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Post by infofreako on Feb 12, 2017 23:52:44 GMT
I really cant see this on the West End. As others have said without the cast its not going to have much of a life here.
I managed to see it once on Broadway, the cast made it for me. A fairly average show performed by people well suited to their roles and at the top of their game.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 15:16:30 GMT
If they bring it, I only wznt them to bring it with Cynthia. I would have little interest in seeing it without her in the role, she has made it an iconic role.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 16:31:35 GMT
If they bring it, I only wznt them to bring it with Cynthia. I would have little interest in seeing it without her in the role, she has made it an iconic role. I think that probably sums it up for quite a few people, and therefore explains why it's unlikely to happen as she doesn't want to do it. If she'd wanted to then I suspect they may have made it happen, but she's understandably taking advantage of the profile raise she's got in the US from being a Tony (and now also Grammy) winner. |
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